On the OH-initiated degradation of methacrylates in the troposphere: Gas-phase kinetics and formation of pyruvates

M. B .BLANCO, R.A.TACCONE, S.I.LANE AND M.A.TERUEL

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Año: 2006 vol. 429 p. 389 - 389

p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Rate coefficients for the gas-phase reactions of OH radicals with methyl methacrylate (k1), ethyl methacrylate (k2) and n-butyl methacrylate(k3) were determined to be k1= (4.15 ± 0.32 ) x 10-11  cm3 molecule-1